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The Rochester man convicted of shooting a Rochester police officer in 2009 is back in jail after violating parole.

Tyquan Rivera, now 23, shot Rochester Police Officer Anthony DiPonzio in the head in 2009. He was released from prison last summer and according to the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, was only out of prison for five months before he was again incarcerated.

Rivera was 14 years old in 2009 when he shot 24-year-old DiPonzio. He was convicted of attempted second-degree murder and first-degree assault and was sentenced to 3⅓ to 10 years in prison, due to his status as a youthful offender.

According to the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision spokesman Thomas Mailey, Rivera was issued a technical violation of parole supervision warrant on Jan. 11, "for failing to meet curfew and changing his approved residence without notifying his parole officer."

He is awaiting a final violation hearing before an Administrative Law Judge who will determine what appropriate actions are to be taken in this case.

Rivera had served two-thirds of his maximum sentence, triggering review for conditional release, which he was granted in July.

Rivera was set to be on post-release supervision in Erie County through January 2019. He is currently being held in the Erie County Jail, Mailey said.

DiPonzio underwent intensive rehabilitation and returned to work in November 2011.